Glass Babies

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Glass Babies
GenreMini-Series
Based onconcept by Russell Scott
Written byGreg Millin
Graeme Farmer
Directed byBrendan Maher
Starring Rowena Wallace
Gary Day
Theme music composerDavid Skinner
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 90 mins
Production
ProducerPeter Herbert
CinematographyEllery Ryan
EditorCliff Hayes
Running time90 mins
Production companyPBL Productions
Original release
Network Channel 9
Release22 April (1985-04-22) 
24 April 1985 (1985-04-24)

Glass Babies is a 1985 Australian television mini series about a ruthless family set in the world of the then-new technology of in-vitro fertilization. [1]

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TitleFormatEp #DiscsRegion 4 (Australia)Special FeaturesDistributors
Glass Babies (Complete Series)DVD227 May 2014NoneUmbrella Entertainment
Glass Babies (Complete Series)Streaming2-7 May 2014NoneUmbrella Entertainment

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  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p199